Articles for tag: animal migration, Endangered Species, habitat restoration, Oregon wildlife, Pacific Northwest, Predator Recovery, wildlife conservation, wolf behavior, wolf expansion

Oregon's Wolves Are Expanding Southward

Oregon’s Wolves Are Expanding Southward

Jan Otte

Picture this: a wolf family trotting through Oregon’s pine forests, pups in tow, reclaiming territory their ancestors roamed over a century ago. It’s not a fantasy anymore. It’s happening right now across Oregon’s southern reaches, marking one of the most remarkable wildlife recovery stories of our time. The minimum known count of wolves in Oregon ...

Oregon Beavers Rebuild Rivers

Oregon Beavers Rebuild Rivers

Gargi Chakravorty

Picture this: Oregon’s streams and likely harbored a substantial population of North American beaver before European colonization. Today, these remarkable rodents are making a comeback as nature’s most effective stream restoration engineers, transforming degraded waterways across the Pacific Northwest in ways that seem almost magical. What makes this story even more compelling is that scientists ...